CVE-2025-54871

Electron Capture is Vulnerable to TCC Bypass via Misconfigured Node Fuses (macOS)

Electron Capture facilitates video playback for screen-sharing and capture. In versions 2.19.1 and below, the elecap app on macOS allows local unprivileged users to bypass macOS TCC privacy protections by enabling ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE. This environment variable allows arbitrary Node.js code to be executed via the -e flag, which runs inside the main Electron context, inheriting any previously granted TCC entitlements (such as access to Documents, Downloads, etc.). This issue is fixed in version 2.20.0.

Affected

steveseguin · electroncapture

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 GITHUB

5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 13th percentile

Published

2025-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• steveseguin/electroncapture/security/advisories/GHSA-8849-p3j4-jq4h

Security advisories

• steveseguin/electroncapture/commit/3837f54e75911bb99fa45cfa138a5e401d16f531

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry